Capo 2 chords

Capo on the second fret raise the key a whole step. For example, a song in C major will now be in D major. A capo on the second fret will also create possibilities to play chords with F# and B as the root note in easier fingerings in contrast to the bar fingerings. For example, F# can be played with an E shape and B can be played with an A shape (see diagrams below).

Chord with capo 2

F#

F#7

F#m

Bm

Bm7

B

Bmaj7

Comments

These are just a few examples of capo 2 chords.

What happens in capo 2?

Concerning the common open chords, the capo on first fret will change chord as follows:

C > D
Am > Bm
D > E
E7 > F#7
Gmaj7 > Amaj7

This is just a few examples.

Which means, among other things, that the key of A, for example, will shift to the key of B with capo on the second fret.